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Connecting Iphone through router with no WIFI - Is it possible?
For many years I was able to open Spotify on my IPhone and then select my Onkyo receiver as a connected device to play my content. This is while WIFI and Bluetooth were turned off on both my phone and my Netgear router. Now, when I open Spotify, my Onkyo receiver no longer shows as a connected device.
I never understood how my IPhone could connect to my receiver without WIFI or Bluetooth and Onkyo tech support says it's not possible but I've been doing it for many years. Using my IPhone, I was even able to turn on and control the receiver from anywhere in the world.
How can I return this functionality?
The receiver is connected via ethernet cable to my Netgear router and the WIFI function on the router is always in the off position. This is truly a mystery.
I thought that maybe my IPhone was connecting to the receiver through my AT&T signal booster device which is also connected via ethernet to my router but that doesn't explain how I can connect to the receiver when I'm not home.
When I turn the WIFI function on the router to the ON position and I turn on WIFI on my IPhone then I can connect to the receiver using Google Cast but this is not an ideal solution. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Seems like something sketchy was going on.
If they didn't know how it was even working in the first place, returning functionality to something that shouldn't work probably isn't going to happen.
Chrisrc wrote:
The receiver is connected via ethernet cable to my Netgear router and the WIFI function on the router is always in the off position. This is truly a mystery.
A mystery indeed. Which router is this? What modem/gateway connects it to the Internet? Does that do wifi?
Just another user with time on their hands.
The router is model Nighthawk AX6 AX5400
The Modem model# is Motorola MB8600 it does not have WIFI capability
Chat GPT has the following sollution: "If both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are indeed turned off and there is no Ethernet connection, the iPhone should typically be unable to communicate with the stereo receiver. However, if you find that your iPhone can still control or stream to the stereo receiver, it's possible that there are shadow network settings at play, such as "WLAN Assist" or other hidden features on the device. You'd want to double-check those settings and perhaps even perform a soft reset of the phone if you suspect some kind of connectivity glitch."
How can I check the WLAN Assist or other hidden features?
